145 homes, 330 villagers – ONE VOICE Hazelwood Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2016-2031 Hazelwood Parish Council www.hazelwoodpc.org.uk Hazelwood Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2016-2031 Contents 1. What is the Hazelwood Neighbourhood Plan? ............................................................................... 3 2. Why do we want a Neighbourhood Plan? ...................................................................................... 4 3. How does this Plan work within the planning system? .................................................................. 6 4. Consultation .................................................................................................................................... 6 5. Hazelwood in context ...................................................................................................................... 7 Location........................................................................................................................................... 7 History .............................................................................................................................................. 9 Hazelwood today ............................................................................................................................. 9 Residential developments 1993-2013 ........................................................................................... 13 The community .............................................................................................................................. 15 Settlement pattern ........................................................................................................................ 15 Local employment ......................................................................................................................... 18 Description of Hazelwood settlements’ characteristics (see map 5) ............................................ 18 Hob Hill & Nether Lane (including Wirksworth Road) .................................................................. 19 Firestone (including Goodwin’s Lane) ........................................................................................... 20 Over Lane (including part of Lumb Lane ) ...................................................................................... 21 Shottlegate (which includes parts of Blackbrook and Plains Lane ) .............................................. 21 6. Community vision .......................................................................................................................... 23 7. Community objectives ................................................................................................................... 23 8. Sustainable development principles ............................................................................................. 25 9. The Importance of good design in new development .................................................................. 27 Policy NP1: Support appropriate new build ................................................................................28 Policy NP2: Design principles for development ………………………………….…………………………………..29 10. Housing mix and type .................................................................................................................... 29 Policy NP3: Housing mix for new development …………………………………………………………….………..30 Policy NP4: The conversion of redundant farm buildings …………….………………………………………..31 11. Landscape and environment ......................................................................................................... 31 Maintaining and enhancing the Parish’s biodiversity .................................................................... 31 Policy NP5: Maintaining and enhancing the Parish's biodiversity…………………………………………...34 12. Visual connections with the countryside………………………………………………………………………………….34 Policy NP6: Protection of landscape character across the Plan area …………………..………………….36 1 All policies should be read in conjunction with policies in Amber Valley Borough Council’s adopted Local Plan. No Neighbourhood Plan policy will be applied in isolation; account will be taken of all relevant policies. Hazelwood Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2016-2031 13. Supporting a prosperous rural economy ...................................................................................... 36 A: Support the re-use and redevelopment of rural buildings for employment purposes ............ 36 Policy NP7: Use of buildings for employment purposes …………………………………………………………37 B: Supporting the creation or expansion of local businesses in the Parish of Hazelwood ........... 37 Policy NP8: Support the expansion or creation of local businesses ……….…………………....………..38 C: Improving the provision of broadband ..................................................................................... 38 Policy NP9: Improving the provision of broadband ……………………………………………...……………….38 14. Enhancing the provision of community facilities ......................................................................... 39 Policy NP10: Enhancing the provision of community facilities ……………………………………...………39 15. Aspiration policies ......................................................................................................................... 40 Consulting the community ............................................................................................................ 40 Aspiration Policy 1: Pre-application community consultation ………………...…………………………….40 16. Implementation ............................................................................................................................. 41 17. Monitoring and review .................................................................................................................. 41 Appendix A: Housing character survey……………………………………………………………………………… .............. 43 Appendix B: Landscape character review ............................................................................................. 52 Appendix C: Community consultation statement ................................................................................. 55 Appendix D: View corridors .................................................................................................................. 56 Appendix E: Sites of nature conservation in and adjoining Hazelwood ............................................... 59 Appendix F: List of community projects ............................................................................................... 63 Appendix G: Major land owners in the Parish ...................................................................................... 64 Appendix H: Village Design Statement…………………………………………………………………………………………… Non-Statutory Annex: Road safety and Transport 2 All policies should be read in conjunction with policies in Amber Valley Borough Council’s adopted Local Plan. No Neighbourhood Plan policy will be applied in isolation; account will be taken of all relevant policies. Hazelwood Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2016-2031 1. What is the Hazelwood Neighbourhood Plan? 1. This Neighbourhood Plan is a new type of land use planning document prepared by Hazelwood Parish Council on behalf of its residents. It is a legal planning policy document and once it has been ‘made’ by Amber Valley Borough Council (AVBC) it must be used by a) Amber Valley Borough Council in assessing planning applications b) Developers as they prepare planning applications for submission to AVBC 2. The Plan has been prepared by Hazelwood Parish Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group on behalf of Hazelwood Parish Council. It covers the whole of the Parish of Hazelwood and sets out planning policies for the Plan Area from 2016-2031. Map 1 Hazelwood Neighbourhood Plan area 3 All policies should be read in conjunction with policies in Amber Valley Borough Council’s adopted Local Plan. No Neighbourhood Plan policy will be applied in isolation; account will be taken of all relevant policies. Hazelwood Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2016-2031 2. Why do we want a Neighbourhood Plan? 3. The Parish is in an area of beautiful open countryside; the south eastern edge is covered by green belt and part of the eastern edge adjoins an area of Special Landscape Value.1 The landscape sensitivity is highlighted in the Derbyshire County Council Landscape Character Assessment 1996 and described in more detail in Section 12. 4. There have been only three new dwellings constructed between 1993 and 2013 (see Table two on Page 14) but there have also been ten barn conversions and eight replacement dwellings. Feedback from the questionnaires and discussion meetings has indicated strongly that residents wish to retain the character of Hazelwood in the face of future development, which should be carefully constrained to meet local needs. Development which could impact sufficiently to change the character of the five small settlements and the wider landscape would be cause for major concern. The lack of quality and sensitive design in some past developments has led to a desire to provide more certainty about the location and design of future development. 5. The existing policies adopted by Amber Valley Borough Council in its Local Plan generally allow for conversion, extension or replacement dwellings. There has also been a specific policy to allow for new ‘infill’ houses in Hazelwood Hill. It is expected that future growth will be accounted for in a similar way although the National